Energy expenditure in caving
Sardinia, Italy; 5 Department of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy; 6 Department of Statistics, Universidad Carlos III
ID gender age experience day weight height BMI status TEE MET intake PAL
1 M 35 2 normal day 77.1 1.78 24.3 norm 3950 2,1 1608 2.2
1 M 35 2 cave day 5456 2,9 1737 3.0
1 M 35 2 cave activity 3328 4,1 883 4.2
2 F 37 2 normal day 53.9 1.55 22.4 norm 2228 1,7 2095 1.7
2 F 37 2 cave day 3146 2,5 2024 2.5
2 F 37 2 cave activity 1657 3,3 701 3.4
3 F 25 1 normal day 61.5 1.58 24.6 norm 2525 1,8 1585 1.9
3 F 25 1 cave day 4512 3,2 1232 3.4
3 F 25 1 cave activity 2709 4,2 1069 4.5
4 F 42 3 normal day 62.4 1.58 25.0 overw 2500 1,6 1947 1.9
4 F 42 3 cave day 4226 2,8 3599 3.1
4 F 42 3 cave activity 3022 3,8 1352 4.2
5 M 54 3 normal day 66.4 1.63 25.0 overw 3234 2,0 2678 2.0
5 M 54 3 cave day 4875 3,1 3324 2.9
5 M 54 3 cave activity 3111 3,7 1583 3.5
6 M 56 3 normal day 73.0 1.68 25.9 overw 3486 2,0 2141 2.0
6 M 56 3 cave day 4827 2,8 2610 2.8
6 M 56 3 cave activity 3133 3,5 1446 3.6
7 M 52 3 normal day 91.3 1.86 26.4 overw 3356 1,5 3239 1.7
7 M 52 3 cave day 5521 2,5 2014 2.8
Giorgia Antoni
1,2, Elisabetta Marini
3, Nicoletta Curreli
2, Valerio Tuveri
4, Ornella Comandini
3, Stefano Cabras
5,6, Silvia Gabba
7,
Clelia Madeddu
7, Antonio Crisafulli
7, Andrea C. Rinaldi
1,2,*1
Gruppo Speleo Archeologico Giovanni Spano, Cagliari, Italy;
2Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy;
3Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy;
4Corpo Nazionale del Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico,
7 M 52 3 cave activity 2767 3,6 648 4.1
8 F 31 3 normal day 53.6 1.60 20.9 norm 2415 1,9 1751 1.9
8 F 31 3 cave day 3826 3,1 3585 3.1
8 F 31 3 cave activity 2002 3,8 963 3.8
9 M 50 2 normal day 83.6 1.68 29.6 overw 3808 1,9 2667 2.1
9 M 50 2 cave day 7145 3,6 2157 3.8
9 M 50 2 cave activity 3247 5,1 1023 5.5
10 F 49 1 normal day 62.0 1.60 24.2 norm 1976 1,4 1607 1.5
10 F 49 1 cave day 3513 2,5 2797 2.7
10 F 49 1 cave activity 2627 3,5 1382 3.8
11 F 36 1 cave activity 51.3 1.59 20.3 norm 2070 NA 650 NA
12 M 39 3 normal day 62.3 1.66 22.6 norm 3367 2,2 3173 2.1
12 M 39 3 cave day 3966 2,7 3953 2.5
12 M 39 3 cave activity 1732 4,6 1367 4.2
13 M 40 2 normal day 79.3 1.74 26.2 overw 4518 2,4 2382 2.5
13 M 40 2 cave day 6048 3,1 3652 3.3
13 M 40 2 cave activity 3395 4,3 842 4.6
14 F 26 1 normal day 58.6 1.72 19.8 norm 2871 2,0 2616 2.1
14 F 26 1 cave day 4392 3,2 3173 3.3
14 F 26 1 cave activity 2840 4,3 2363 4.5
15 F 45 2 normal day 58.9 1.55 24.5 norm 1984 1,4 1910 1.5
15 F 45 2 cave day 3819 2,8 2060 3.0
15 F 45 2 cave activity 1755 4,1 669 4.3
16 M 34 3 cave activity 70.9 1.86 20.5 norm 2305 NA 750 NA
17 M 57 3 normal day 72.0 1.75 23.5 norm 3906 2,3 4195 2.2
17 M 57 3 cave day 5388 3,2 6334 3.1
17 M 57 3 cave activity 2747 4,0 1205 4.0
18 M 44 2 normal day 70.9 1.71 24.2 norm 3476 2,0 2196 2.0
18 M 44 2 cave day 4986 2,9 3854 2.9
18 M 44 2 cave activity 2472 3,9 1200 3.9
19 M 44 3 cave day 5070 3,5 1680 3.1
19 M 44 3 cave activity 2741 4,5 744 4.1
20 M 42 3 normal day 61.1 1.74 20.2 norm 2159 1,5 2333 1.4
20 M 42 3 cave day 4895 3,3 2670 3.1
20 M 42 3 cave activity 2832 5,4 848 5.0
21 F 43 1 normal day 45.4 1.58 18.2 norm 2755 2,6 1754 2.3
21 F 43 1 cave day 3935 3,7 3340 3.3
21 F 43 1 cave activity 2486 4,9 856 4.4
22 M 44 2 normal day 83.4 1.74 27.5 overw 2681 1,4 2152 1.6
22 M 44 2 cave day 4053 2,1 1938 2.2
22 M 44 2 cave activity 2454 2,6 792 2.8
23 M 45 3 normal day 63.4 1.68 22.5 norm 3168 2,1 2913 2.0
23 M 45 3 cave day 4234 2,8 2655 2.6
23 M 45 3 cave activity 2478 3,4 1147 3.2
24 M 63 3 normal day 67.3 1.61 26.0 overw 2990 1,8 2695 2.2
24 M 63 3 cave day 3845 2,4 3702 2.9
24 M 63 3 cave activity 2300 2,7 1423 3.4
25 M 47 2 normal day 105.0 1.85 30.7 overw 4018 1,7 2138 2.0
25 M 47 2 cave day 6029 2,5 2109 2.9
25 M 47 2 cave activity 3421 3,5 245 4.1
26 M 34 2 normal day 59.0 1.69 20.7 norm 4043 2,9 2069 2.6
26 M 34 2 cave day 5511 4,0 1861 3.6
26 M 34 2 cave activity 2853 4,8 1198 4.3
27 M 47 2 normal day 72.7 1.67 26.1 overw 2891 1,6 2352 1.7
27 M 47 2 cave day 5536 3,1 2377 3.2
27 M 47 2 cave activity 2985 4,4 806 4.6
28 F 48 1 normal day 54.2 1.61 20.9 norm 1988 1,5 1400 1.5
28 F 48 1 cave day 4285 3,2 2459 3.2
28 F 48 1 cave activity 2606 4,9 837 5.0
29 F 32 2 normal day 66.7 1.73 22.3 norm 2612 1,7 2212 1.9
29 F 32 2 cave activity 2694 4,1 379 4.7
30 M 50 3 normal day 64.1 1.69 22.4 norm 3842 2,5 1698 2.3
30 M 50 3 cave day 6307 4,2 2053 3.9
30 M 50 3 cave activity 3196 5,1 568 4.8
31 F 37 1 normal day 49.5 1.59 19.6 norm 2678 2,3 1668 2.2
31 F 37 1 cave activity 1453 3,9 536 3.8
32 M 40 3 normal day 76.8 1.67 27.5 overw 3843 2,2 2519 2.2
32 M 40 3 cave day 5672 3,2 5719 3.2
32 M 40 3 cave activity 3167 4,0 1691 4.1
33 M 42 2 normal day 62.5 1.67 22.4 norm 3365 2,2 2541 2.1
33 M 42 2 cave day 5249 3,5 2153 3.2
33 M 42 2 cave activity 3111 4,7 404 4.3
34 F 50 2 normal day 55.5 1.53 23.7 norm 2202 1,7 1984 1.7
34 F 50 2 cave day 4227 3,2 3132 3.3
34 F 50 2 cave activity 2908 4,3 1308 4.3
35 M 49 3 normal day 87.7 1.76 28.3 overw 4142 2,0 2756 2.2
35 M 49 3 cave day 5465 2,6 5615 3.0
35 M 49 3 cave activity 2223 3,4 2176 4.1
36 F 46 3 normal day 45.9 1.50 20.4 norm 2041 1,9 1544 1.7
36 F 46 3 cave day 3442 3,1 2198 2.9
36 F 46 3 cave activity 1888 4,6 578 4.2
37 F 38 NA normal day 54.0 1.64 20.1 norm NA NA NA NA
38 F 33 NA normal day 53.1 1.54 22.4 norm NA NA NA NA
39 M 37 NA normal day 59.5 1.75 19.4 norm NA NA NA NA
40 M 31 NA normal day 85.6 1.81 26.1 overw NA NA NA NA
19 bis M 44 NA cave activity NA 1.60 NA NA NA NA NA NA
weight R Xc R/H Xc/H Rsp Xcsp Phase weight R Xc R/H Xc/H Rsp Xcsp Phase
pre pre pre pre pre pre pre pre post post post post post post post post
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 53.4 674.0 56.0 434.8 36.1 388.3 32.3 4.8 54.4 670.0 50.0 432.3 32.3 386.0 28.8 4.3 59.0 567.0 57.0 358.9 36.1 348.2 35.0 5.7 59.0 536.0 57.0 339.2 36.1 329.2 35.0 6.1 63.1 548.0 48.0 346.8 30.4 368.2 32.3 5.0 61.9 575.0 55.0 363.9 34.8 386.3 37.0 5.5 66.8 433.0 41.0 265.6 25.2 300.0 28.4 5.4 65.7 440.0 45.0 269.9 27.6 304.8 31.2 5.8 72.4 489.0 46.0 291.1 27.4 385.7 36.3 5.4 72.4 490.0 50.0 291.7 29.8 386.5 39.4 5.8
92.3 439.0 35.0 236.0 18.8 340.9 27.2 4.6 92.9 445.0 43.0 239.2 23.1 345.5 33.4 5.5 52.8 638.0 57.0 398.8 35.6 349.5 31.2 5.1 52.1 669.0 67.0 418.1 41.9 366.5 36.7 5.7 80.1 507.0 41.0 301.8 24.4 396.4 32.1 4.6 79.6 511.0 40.0 304.2 23.8 399.6 31.3 4.5 60.9 599.0 51.0 374.4 31.9 377.1 32.1 4.9 60.9 595.0 52.0 371.9 32.5 374.5 32.7 5.0 51.3 605.0 44.0 380.5 27.7 308.3 22.4 4.2 51.3 594.0 40.0 373.6 25.2 302.7 20.4 3.9 61.1 468.0 45.0 281.9 27.1 274.0 26.3 5.5 60.9 469.0 51.0 282.5 30.7 274.6 29.9 6.2 77.9 552.0 52.0 317.2 29.9 377.6 35.6 5.4 76.8 555.0 51.0 319.0 29.3 379.6 34.9 5.3 58.9 766.0 62.0 445.3 36.0 389.4 31.5 4.6 58.2 763.0 59.0 443.6 34.3 387.8 30.0 4.4 58.0 576.0 50.0 371.6 32.3 337.1 29.3 5.0 57.3 579.0 49.0 373.5 31.6 338.9 28.7 4.8 70.9 595.0 54.0 319.9 29.0 331.8 30.1 5.2 70.6 588.0 60.0 316.1 32.3 327.9 33.5 5.8 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 70.9 452.0 45.0 264.3 26.3 290.7 28.9 5.7 70.7 472.0 72.0 276.0 42.1 303.5 46.3 8.7
61.2 487.0 51.0 304.4 31.9 346.1 36.2 6.0 61.2 509.0 59.0 318.1 36.9 361.7 41.9 6.6 61.9 599.0 59.0 344.3 33.9 311.2 30.7 5.6 62.4 568.0 57.0 326.4 32.8 295.1 29.6 5.7 45.4 586.0 54.0 370.9 34.2 278.8 25.7 5.3 45.2 604.0 57.0 382.3 36.1 287.4 27.1 5.4 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 63.9 499.0 41.0 297.0 24.4 304.8 25.1 4.7 62.7 473.0 40.0 281.5 23.8 289.0 24.4 4.8 68.7 440.0 40.0 273.3 24.8 314.0 28.6 5.2 68.6 448.0 40.0 278.3 24.8 319.7 28.6 5.1 100.0 460.0 39.0 248.6 21.1 420.1 35.6 4.8 98.2 486.0 40.0 262.7 21.6 443.8 36.5 4.7 58.6 664.0 59.0 392.9 34.9 331.2 29.4 5.1 58.5 636.0 62.0 376.3 36.7 317.2 30.9 5.6 74.6 512.0 59.0 306.6 35.3 372.7 43.0 6.6 74.2 476.0 57.0 285.0 34.1 346.5 41.5 6.8 54.2 629.0 51.0 390.7 31.7 351.0 28.5 4.6 54.6 619.0 51.0 384.5 31.7 345.4 28.5 4.7
66.7 595.0 62.0 343.9 35.8 353.5 36.8 6.0 66.7 588.0 57.0 339.9 32.9 349.3 33.9 5.5 64.1 518.0 67.0 306.5 39.6 318.2 41.2 7.4 63.9 540.0 68.0 319.5 40.2 350.5 39.1 7.2 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 74.7 419.0 34.0 250.9 20.4 309.3 25.1 4.6 74.7 418.0 44.0 250.3 26.3 308.5 32.5 6.0 62.5 571.0 55.0 341.9 32.9 370.1 35.7 5.5 62.6 558.0 52.0 334.1 31.1 361.7 33.7 5.3 55.0 604.0 52.0 394.8 34.0 376.6 32.4 4.9 55.0 597.0 52.0 390.2 34.0 372.2 32.4 5.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 46.6 690.0 61.0 460.0 40.7 337.3 29.8 5.1 46.4 702.0 67.0 468.0 44.7 343.2 32.8 5.5 54.0 615.0 50.0 375.0 30.5 333.4 27.7 4.7 54.4 597.0 48.0 364.0 29.3 323.0 26.0 4.6 53.1 589.0 51.0 382.5 33.1 346.6 30.1 5.0 53.0 605.0 54.0 392.9 35.1 356.0 31.8 5.1 59.5 620.0 62.0 354.3 35.4 305.0 30.5 5.7 59.9 581.0 57.0 332.0 32.6 285.8 28.0 5.6 85.6 500.0 40.0 276.2 22.1 360.4 28.8 4.6 85.5 530.0 44.0 292.8 24.3 382.0 31.7 4.7 61.3 473.0 52.0 295.6 32.5 300.7 33.1 6.3 60.9 528.0 65.0 330.0 40.6 335.7 41.3 7.0 74.0 427.0 34.0 255.7 20.4 324.2 25.8 4.6 73.5 431.0 38.0 258.1 22.8 327.2 28.9 5.0
pre, post: measurements taken before and after cave activity, respectively; ID: code number;
gender: F (females), M (males);
status: nutritional status according to BMI; norm (normal weight), overw (overweight); TEE: total energy expenditure;
PAL: physical activity level;
